Articles written by Mary Annette Pember

While covering the midterms from Minnesota, I couldn't help but feel the pride my mother would have felt had she lived to see this day. Although I've covered a number of emotionally charged stories, I don't often cry during the course of reporting. It's not so much...

At a January conference, Minnesota tribal police made it clear they are not waiting for permission from the federal government to move forward in protecting their members. They are not alone. Frustrated with the slow response of federal, state, and county law enforcement agencies to the devastating toll of sex...

The Wild Food Summit on the White Earth Ojibwe reservation was held in the world’s biggest classroom, the outdoors. (RELATED: Learning to Wildcraft: Foraging and Feasting on the White Earth Reservation) In addition to attending more traditional lecture-style...

In Bemidji, Minnesota, a town with a history of angry race relations, a few well-placed Ojibwe words have opened the way for mutual trust and respect. When we ran into other Ojibwe in the border towns of my youth, we would point our lips at each other and say,...